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Baird Seizes a Growing Slice
Of State's Underwriting Deals

By

Karen L. Tippett Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 18, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

When Romac International Inc. started planning a share offering early this year, Prudential Securities Inc. seemed the logical choice as lead underwriter. After all, the Wall Street giant had led the Tampa staffing company's initial public offering a year earlier.

But the job -- and the biggest share of the underwriting fees -- went to Robert W. Baird & Co.